Achimenes 'Patens Major'
Hot-water-plant 'Patens Major'
Achimenes, known as ‘Hot Water Plants’, because it was thought that watering with warm water promotes flowering, has many varieties, with flower colours ranging from white to deep red. The leaves are downy, and the flowers funnel-shaped with 5 rounded petals. Often grown as house-plants as they need a minimum temperature of 10 deg.C. The plant goes dormant in Winter. 'Pates Major' bears reddish-purple flowers with a white eye and a distinctive 'spur'.
Contributed by @tiggrx
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Hot-water-plant 'Patens Major'
Latin name
Achimenes 'Patens Major'
type
Rhizomatous perennial
family
Gesneriaceae
ph
6.1 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.60 M
Achimenes 'Patens Major'
Achimenes, known as ‘Hot Water Plants’, because it was thought that watering with warm water promotes flowering, has many varieties, with flower colours ranging from white to deep red. The leaves are downy, and the flowers funnel-shaped with 5 rounded petals. Often grown as house-plants as they need a minimum temperature of 10 deg.C. The plant goes dormant in Winter. 'Pates Major' bears reddish-purple flowers with a white eye and a distinctive 'spur'.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Early Autumn
Flowers appear in early Summer. Each flower only lasts a few days, but are followed by more, and blooming will occur all through Summer and into Autumn.
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Summer TO Early Summer
Take 3 in (8 cm) stem tip cuttings in early Summer. Cut off a 3"-6" healthy section of stem, and insert into a pot of compost.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant rhizome in suitable compost - equal parts peat moss, coarse sand or perlite, and vermiculite works well. Keep in a well-lit warm place out of direct sunlight.
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